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Mack Trucks Inc. last week named Stephen Roy president of North American sales and marketing effective Jan. 1, succeeding Kevin Flaherty, who will retire after 40 years with the company.

Carriers, shippers, associations and other trucking-related organizations last week honored the millions of drivers who move goods as part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.

Orders for new heavy-duty trucks climbed 20% last month from a year earlier, boosting expectations that orders will keep rising in the fall and surpass normal seasonal trends, ACT Research reported.

New York-based trucking company Leonard’s Express said it has agreed to buy Diamond State Warehousing & Distribution.

Class 8 U.S. retail truck sales declined in July for the 11th straight month in comparison with last year, according to WardsAuto.com. However, the drop was the smallest percentage decline of the 11 months.

A long-anticipated rise in new heavy-duty truck sales could take hold starting next year, and if it does, the vehicles fleets trade in will create a surge in U.S. and Canadian used trucks, but at lower prices, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study.

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said his department would formally propose eliminating a requirement that truck drivers file daily inspection reports when they do not find any problems with their vehicles, a decision he said would save the industry $1.7 billion a year.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Thursday the Department of Transportation will propose eliminating an inspection paperwork requirement that will save the trucking industry $1.7 billion annually.